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"To have a great idea, have a lot of them." -- Thomas Edison


Candace Kearns Read has been a writer, story analyst, teacher and editor for twenty years.

She has read scripts and manuscripts for many production companies, including John Wells Productions and Village Roadshow Pictures, and for several talent and literary agencies, including William Morris and International Creative Management, where she served as executive story analyst, reporting directly to the head of the motion picture talent department.

She was the personal script reader of several A-list actors and directors, and continues to work as a story analyst for professionals in the film industry, as well as for writers of all levels, from all over the world.

She has also taught screenwriting and creative writing at colleges and universities, including Antioch University and Metropolitan State College of Denver.

She has written several original screenplays and many scripts “for hire."

Her scripts have been in development with production companies at Fox and Disney as well as independent producers.

Her original screenplay THE DAY SHE DROVE ME is currently under option, and she has recently completed a memoir entitled WALKING AWAY. 

She has also published poetry in magazines and literary journals and written feature articles for lifestyle magazines.

In 1989, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University, and in 2001, she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Antioch University.